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RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER
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The assembled male voices of Straight No Chaser mix up a holiday punch on the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday, November 28. This Black Friday evening, NovemberContinue reading "RED BANK: A CUP (OR TEN) OF CHEER"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: KAYAKER’S MOM URGES VEST USAGE
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One of the signs that Joan Civile has offered to the town as part of a campaign inspired by the death of her son, David, below. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: KAYAKER’S MOM URGES VEST USAGE"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RESIDENTS PAN COUNCIL RESPONSE
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Kirsten Ramirez speaks with police Captain Mike Clay after Monday night’s council meeting. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank residents put electedContinue reading "RED BANK: RESIDENTS PAN COUNCIL RESPONSE"
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November 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TREE’S UP
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Donated by the Clay family of Holmdel, Red Bank’s 2014 Christmas tree arrived at Riverside Gardens Park overlooking the Navesink River on Sunday. Becker’s Tree Service and Powerhouse Signs didContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE’S UP"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ
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IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES author Julia Alvarez visits Brookdale Community College on Tuesday, in the culmination of The Big Read 2014 slate of events. (Photo by Pete Smith)Continue reading "LINCROFT: A MAJOR VOICE, A BIG READ"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED FOR A CAUSE
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Well on its way to earning the label “Red Bank tradition,” the fourth annual cancer awareness-raiser Go Naked and Check Yourself  took over the Downtown Sunday evening, offering raffles, entertainment andContinue reading "RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED FOR A CAUSE"
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November 24th, 2014 @ 8am
LINCROFT: SING THIS ALL TOGETHER
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It’s an event that traces its origins to the aftermath of September 11, 2001 — an event of which the organizers observe, “the healing effect of the evening led usContinue reading "LINCROFT: SING THIS ALL TOGETHER"
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November 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: PLAN AROUND TRAFFIC DELAYS
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Motorists who travel Branch Avenue between Rumson and White roads in Little Silver should try to avoid doing so between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, police advise.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: PLAN AROUND TRAFFIC DELAYS"
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November 22nd, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: CASEYS HEADED TO MEADOWLANDS
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Red Bank Catholic QB Eddie Hahn racks up some running yards as the Caseys trampled  St. Joe’s of Montvale, 44-14, at Count Basie Fields Friday night. Rich Chrampanis of ShoreContinue reading "RED BANK: CASEYS HEADED TO MEADOWLANDS"
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November 22nd, 2014 @ 7am
CHURN: DESIGN CENTER FINDS NEW DIGS
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Plans for an art gallery are out, but the Red Bank Design Center is in, opening next month at the corner of Broad Street and Harding Road. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "CHURN: DESIGN CENTER FINDS NEW DIGS"
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November 21st, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED IN NOVEMBER
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Expect lots of bared shoulders and flexed pecs when the annual Go Naked and Check Yourself fundraiser comes to the Downtown Sunday. (Photo above by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: NEARLY NAKED IN NOVEMBER"
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November 21st, 2014 @ 7am
Red Bank police charged a Tinton Falls man Tuesday for a violent street robbery last month. Kaire Hatcher, 22, of 53 Steven Avenue, was charged with robbery and assault inContinue reading "RED BANK: SUSPECT CHARGED IN MUGGING"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 6pm
Recent arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Pedro Santiago, age 19, from Park Avenue in Perth Amboy, NJ, arrested on October 25, 2014 by PatrolmanContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: RECENT ARRESTS"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: ANTIQUES CO-OP HITS MIDDLE AGE
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Born in the final year of the Baby Boom, the Antique Center of Red Bank, said to be the oldest continually operating antiques cooperative in America, turns 50 this month.Continue reading "RED BANK: ANTIQUES CO-OP HITS MIDDLE AGE"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 8am
RUMSON: SAILING THE STREAM, BODY & MIND
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Italian-born painter (and award-winning sailboat racer) Santo Pezzutti  visits Canvas Studio Art this weekend for a retrospective of his work in oils, acrylics and watercolors. It’s a method of paintingContinue reading "RUMSON: SAILING THE STREAM, BODY & MIND"
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November 20th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: STUDENT TACKLES STORM SURGES
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Caroline Peters on the Fair Haven Dock with her informational plaque describing storm surges. Below, an enlargeable view of her project. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: STUDENT TACKLES STORM SURGES"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 1pm
MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’
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Elias Kotsis and Jessica Fisher (center) are featured in the cast of Middletown High School South’s THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ, director Alexis Kozak’s own adaptation of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
WEATHER TURNS BONE-CHILLING COLD
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Ok, so it didn’t snow – we just wanted to have some fun. But it was 21 degrees Fahrenheit in Red Bank at 6 a.m. Wednesday, and 13 degrees withContinue reading "WEATHER TURNS BONE-CHILLING COLD"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: GAS LEAK SLOWS THE FLOW
Repair work on a leaking natural gas line on Riverside Avenue in Red Bank had northbound traffic on Route 35 backed up nearly to Waverly Place early Tuesday afternoon asContinue reading "RED BANK: GAS LEAK SLOWS THE FLOW"
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November 18th, 2014 @ 2pm
RED BANK: THE GILL-MAN JUMPS IN
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Everybody in the truck: Vince Gill joins the Time Jumpers for a tour that rolls into the Count Basie Theatre Wednesday. A member in good standing of the Country MusicContinue reading "RED BANK: THE GILL-MAN JUMPS IN"
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November 18th, 2014 @ 12pm
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
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SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...